Thursday, September 13, 2012

They're Here!

I am thrilled to present these book covers for your vote! Please vote for your favorite using the poll to the right. Click on a cover to view in greater detail. Thanks for your input and feel free to leave any comments--I always love comments! The final reveal will be posted next Friday.

25 comments:

They are all really nice, but I particularly like Cover C and think it would fit with the urban setting of the book. The darkness around her face and the blue fits the setting much more than clouds. I look forward to the finished product being available!

Dear Slithy Toves,First off, cool name--love it! :-) Thank you for voting and thank you for your comment, gives me a chance to discuss THE SCENT OF A SOUL a smidgen, which I'm always happy to do. Just to give a little background for you, Lilliah loves (with a captial L) a good thunderstorm and storm clouds. They are one of her favorite things (which you will learn from the story). Therefore, we wanted to design some covers with storm clouds for the emotions they can invoke. I hope this little bit of insight helps with understanding our thought process for the covers. But you're right, all the covers are wonderful--kudos to my sister-in-law Julie for that!! Thank you, Slithy, for your interest in THE SCENT OF A SOUL. I will definitely keep you posted so you know the moment it is ready for reading consumption. :-}

It was hard for me to decide. I like the three of them. But, since I had to choose, I eventually reduced my dilemma to B and C (because of the flowers). I ended up voting for C (I guess it's because the girl's face seems a bit more clear?), but I really like the B cover just as much.

All 3 are beautiful, but I get different impressions of the book from each. Cover A looks to me like a murder mystery or supernatural mystery. Cover B looks like contemporary or possibly historical fiction. Cover C looks like a flat-out romance novel. B is my favorite, for the unusual sepia-tone, the clouds (look more ominous/threatening to me in that light), and the fact that the female model's face is larger and therefore I can more easily see her wary expression. Also, having roses next to a face makes me think of douche commercials (maybe it's just me, and all those Summers Eve adverts I saw as a kid). But I think B is spot on!

I loved cover B because it felt more dreamy and imaginative, with the clouds. The color too was less harsh compared to the deep blue, and it was captivating. You will usually pick a book off the shelf if it captures your attention; so something that is slightly mysterious, striking and interesting making you want to read the book! x

My favourite is Cover A. I love the look of the stormy clouds, and the mysterious man on the cover. The cover has a turbulent feel to it. If those three books were featured on a shelf, it would be Cover A that would entice me to buy!

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I have been happily married to my husband for fifteen years. We met at Brigham Young University on a blind date, and, at first, I was sure he wasn't for me, but now I cannot imagine my life without him. My life is busy, but I try to keep it as simple as possible, focusing on what matters most to me---home and family. I love to read, cook, spend time with my family, and now I can add writing to that list---it is my creative outlet; we all need one.